Religious leaders from Nigeria made a joint appeal in Washington D.C. this month, calling on the global community to assist in combating terrorist violence plaguing their homeland. Representatives from both Christian and Muslim communities came together to criticize their government’s insufficient efforts to halt attacks carried out by extremist groups.
The faith leaders pointed to their government’s failure to adequately address the ongoing violence perpetrated by radical Muslim organizations throughout Nigeria. While these terrorist attacks have predominantly focused on Christian populations, Shia Muslim communities have also fallen victim to the violence.
Over the last ten years, various extremist Muslim organizations have been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Christians in Nigeria, according to the religious leaders who spoke in the nation’s capital.
